"DUBLIN, March, 1907.

"DEAR MOORE,--I see that as a supplemental question you asked
the other day whether the delay in land purchase was due to the
continued absence of Mr. Bailey. I do not know, of course, what
was your object, but it may interest you to know that for the
last year I attended more days in the office than either of my
colleagues, and that, as a matter of fact, I did not take much
more than half the vacation to which I was entitled. You will
thus see that you have been strangely misinformed, and I can
only surmise that another of my colleagues was meant.

"Faithfully yours,

"W.F. BAILEY."

To this Mr. Moore replied:--

"ULSTER CLUB,

"BELFAST, March 19th.

"DEAR BAILEY,--You were appointed by a Unionist Government to
see fair play between Wrench and Finucane, and you have sold
the pass on every occasion. The first thing my colleagues and I
will do when we come back, which will not be very far off, will
be to press for an inquiry into the working of your department.
You can destroy your evidence now, and show this to whom you
please.